Event Calendar
This is a citywide hub exercise. Find more details on the Seattle Emergency Hubs calendar, http://seattleemergencyhubs.org/calendar-event/emergency-exercise/
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Note: This session had been SOLD OUT, but we’ve had some cancellations so there are now a few more seats. If the registration tool allows you to sign up, then you are in luck…so keep trying!
Is West Seattle prepared? (for the Big One)
Join us for either of two (almost) identical preparedness sessions!
Sunday, October 7, 2 – 5 pm,
High Point Community Center
6920 34th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126
Saturday, Nov. 3, 9 – noon,
Hiawatha Community Center
2700 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
Learn about and discuss what we should do in West Seattle.
- Hosted by Glenn Farley, Natural Disasters Reporter, KING-5 News.
- Opening keynote sessions by Dave Nichols, Certified Emergency Manager and West Seattle resident speaking on community preparedness. And, a presentation about Northwest earthquake science from Harold Tobin, Director, Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (October session only) / Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times Science Reporter (November session only).
- Hear about response plans from Seattle Police, Fire, Emergency Management and
King County Public Health. - Learn how you can be better prepared personally
- Learn what steps you can take to mitigate your potential damage.
- Learn skills to help you quickly respond to a disaster with demonstrations on water purification, sanitation in disasters, utility shut off, and other urban survival skills.
- Meet your neighbors so that we work effectively together for recovery.
Free and open to everyone! We especially encourage families with children, tenants, seniors and those new to West Seattle to join us!
Register today to reserve a seat, and to reserve interpretation services for Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese & ASL. https://bit.ly/2PcsqEQ
Note: This session is now FULL / SOLD OUT.
Hosted by the West Seattle Hubs and West Seattle Be Prepared http://westseattlebeprepared.org
This project is funded by a Neighborhood Matching Fund award from the City of Seattle, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods.
Did you know that a person who is bleeding can die from blood loss in less than 3 minutes? Emergency responders will arrive as quickly as possible, but bystanders are almost always there first. In the case of disaster and high casualty incidents, emergency services are often spread thin. Will you be ready?
Learn what to do to stop severe bleeding in an emergency. The more people that have this lifesaving skill, the better.
This is a special session to be held in West Seattle, taught by Lake City Stops the Bleed. Register at http://signup.com/go/XzJtrKL. The class is free, but space is limited.
Course Description
“Stop the Bleed”, a national program developed by trauma experts, is designed to teach people with little or no medical training simple techniques to stop life-threatening bleeding.
A one-hour presentation is followed by hands-on practice packing wounds and applying tourniquets on dummies. The presentation includes a 10-minute video on surviving an active shooter situation. While active shooter situations are on everyone’s mind these days, you are more likely to use these life-saving skills because of accidents in your home, on a hiking/camping trip, or on the highway.
We encourage anyone of high-school age and up to sign up. Some images on the slides and the video are graphic, so we ask that no younger children accompany you to the class.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at LCStopsTheBleed@gmail.com.
Reposting from the Seattle Emergency Hubs website…
